1988 Death Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50 1982 Death Tina Carver, actress (Inside Detroit, Uranium Boom), dies at 58 1972 Death Maurits C Escher, Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), dies at 73 1971 Birthday Shante Carver, NFL defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys 1957 Death Jozef Cantre, Flemish sculptor/wood carver, dies at 66 1957 Death Heinrich Campendonk, German painter/wood carver/glasier, dies at 67 1951 Event George Washington Carver monument unveiled 1945 Death Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies 1943 Event Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched 1943 Death George Washington Carver, famous black scientist, dies at 81 1938 Birthday Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer, Furious Season 1937 Death Betty Carver, wife of Bernard Montgomery, buried 1937 Death Betty Carver, wife of English Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, dies 1931 Death John-French Cantre, Flemish wood carver/painter/cartoonist, dies at 45 1927 Event Major Bernard Montgomery (29) marries widow Betty Carver 1924 Birthday Mary Carver, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Cecilia-Simon and Simon 1890 Birthday Jozef Cantre, Flemish sculptor/wood carver 1889 Birthday Heinrich Campendonk, German painter/wood carver/glazer 1886 Birthday John-French Cantre, Flemish wood carver/painter/cartoonist 1864 Birthday Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver 1864 Birthday George Washington Carver, American Scientist 1674 Death John Lievensz, painter/etcher/wood carver, dies at 66 1640 Death Erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55 1607 Birthday John Lievensz, painter/etcher/wood carver